South Middle School September Students Of the Month - Honorable
Back: Luke Yeager, Marley Whitfield, Dasani Williams, Nabeel Al Chelabi, Anna Eggers, Drake Smith, Kate Thurman
Middle: Jacob Waltner, Bryce Birdsell, Rue Clausing, Olivia McVay, Anna Eshleman, Hailey Morrow, Adele Schmidt
Front: Jerad Pine, Dennis Cox, Brynlee Stevenson, Ryla Gum
Blue Springs wins 61-48 over Ray-Pec. #raypec
Superintendent Dr. Mike Slagle didn't know what the students had planned when he was invited to read to Kristin Mason's 3rd graders at Raymore Elementary! On Oct. 13, they asked him to read the super hilarious #thebookwithnopictures. The students had lots of laughs!
A total of 110 Ray-Pec High School juniors and seniors are tutoring students of all ages throughout the district. The tutors are learning to interact with students of varying learning styles and abilities. Teacher Emily Craig took these photos of the tutors in action.
Senior Peyton Koper placed 5th in singles at the state tennis tournament! Last year, she finished 4th at state. The two-time state medalist will continue her playing career at Washburn University. Peyton is pictured with Coach Derek Howard.
Congratulations to the RPHS girls cross country team on winning the Suburban Conference Championship!
Final score: Liberty North 44, Ray-Pec 14.
RPHS English 4 students are beginning to work on their senior projects! The first step in the Design Thinking Process is "Empathy." As a result, the student spent six weeks in their Empathy Novel Unit. Now they are transitioning out of their novels into their Client-Connected Projects, so they created empathy shoes. They will work in teams for the next several months, so getting to know each other is crucial to their team's success. They spent class time brainstorming the most important characteristics about themselves that they would need their teammates to know. Students foster their empathy skills as a means of understanding where their teammates are coming from. This then translates to empathizing with their clients and stakeholders on their given problem.
It’s a Win! Ray-Pec 50, Lee’s Summit West 30. #raypec
The Raymore-Peculiar High School girls golf team tied for third place as a team at the District golf tournament! In addition, three girls qualified for state: Sam Larkins, All-District medalist; McKenna Raymond, state qualifier; and Ava Kirkpatrick, All-District medalist.
First picture, from left: McKenna Raymond, Sam Larkins, Ava Kirkpatrick, Riley Edmond, and Celia Barber.
Second picture: These three girls qualified for the state golf tournament Oct. 17 and 18 in Joplin: Sam Larkins, All-District medalist; McKenna Raymond, state qualifier; and Ava Kirkpatrick, All-District medalist.
Congrats to the varsity girls tennis team, which defeated Lee's Summit 5-3 on Wednesday to win the Class 3, District 6, team championship. Singles winners included: Peyton Koper, Dulce Dunham and Sarah Jensen. This marks the 1st time in school history where the team has won conference and district in the same year. The girls are now 13-1 on the year and take on St. Teresa's on Monday at home in Sectional action.
On Oct. 5, second graders at Creekmoor Elementary School interviewed employees from some of their favorite places around town. Thanks to the Cass County Public Library, RAYMORE Parks and Recreation, and Culver’s for helping support our learning. The activity was part of a unit about persuasive writing.
Good luck to the Ray-Pec girls tennis team as they compete in the Class 3, District 6, championship today!
Ray-Pec defeated Lee’s Summit West, 5-0, on Tuesday, and advanced to play Lee’s Summit High School at 4 p.m. today in the championship match.
Congrats to the boys cross country teams for their performances at the Grain Valley "Sock It To Cancer" Invitational. In a meet with over 40 schools, Varsity and JV both came away with the overall team championships in their divisions. The following medalists played important roles in these championships:
Varsity
3rd - Derek Nissen
4th - Andres Kemper
5th - Carter Younger
7th - Blake Borum
15th - Chase Davis
JV
1st - Hayden Scammacca
2nd - Elijah Smith
4th - Ethan Hunziker
7th - Tyson Whelan
12th - Noah Schmidt
The Ray-Pec Junior Varsity Girls Golf Team won first place in the JV conference championship Monday at Adams Pointe Golf Club. From left: Jordan Johnston, Addison Showalter, Isa Odom, Hannah Rayburn and Lexie Thomas.
Congratulations! 1st pic: Junior Sam Larkins earns Varsity All-Conference honors after shooting an 81 for third place in the conference championship Monday at Adams Pointe Golf Club.
Final score:
Lee’s Summit North - 47
Ray-Pec - 7
Another 1st for Ray-Pec girls tennis! Seniors Peyton Koper & Shannon Finn advanced to district finals in singles, & both will go on to state. Peyton is district champ, & Shannon is runner up. This is the 1st time Ray-Pec to qualifies 2 singles players for state in the same year.
Congratulations to Junior Sam Larkins on placing 10th at the Varsity Girls Golf match vs. Blue Springs on Sept. 29 at Adams Pointe Golf Course.
The School Board on Sept. 22 recognized four people who led planning for You Matter Sources of Strength Concert on Sept. 10. From left: Teacher Laura Columbatto, Teacher Haleigh Thompson, Student Delaney Gipple, & Board Member Paul Coffman. Student Bailey Roe was unable to attend. #raypec
